English Language Unit 1English Language Unit 1

Assassin(n)n. Murderer, generally somewhat professional; esp. one who murders a prominent figure.

During the time of the Crusades the members of a certain secret Muslim sect engaged people to terrorise their Christian enemies by performing murders as a religious duty. These acts were carried out under the influence of hashish, and so the killers became known as hashshashin, meaning eaters or smokers of hashish. Hashshashin evolved into the word assassin.

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Complete Handout 1 – Match the subsystem to its area of language.

Learning Intention:Exploring phonology, phonemes and prosody

Success criteria:Able to explain:what phonology iswhat phonemes arewhat the IPA is and what it is used forwhat the prosodic features of speech are

Glossary VocabularyGlossary VocabularyPitchIntonationProsodicProsodyPhonemesTranscribe

PhonologyPhonologythe study of sound systems and patterns

of sound in languagemany sounds are language specificsome sounds are voiced and some are

voiceless

PhonemesPhonemesare individual units of sound that can be

pronounced on their own and considered ‘one sound’ (the smallest unit of sound)e.g.: boo [bu], book [bƱk], blood [blɅd]

PhonemesPhonemesthere can be differences in pronunciation

within a language e.g.: NSW – dance [d ns] VIC – [/dæns/]ɑːthere are 44 phonemes in Englisha complete list of can be found athttp://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/litera

cy/lit_site/lit_sites/phonemes_001/

IPA ChartIPA ChartThe IPA chart is a tool for transcribing the

sounds of speech independent of any particular language and applicable to all languages.

The IPA is used in dictionaries to indicate the pronunciation of words.

The IPA has often been used as a basis for creating new writing systems for previously unwritten languages.

IPA Chart – Learning the symbolsIPA Chart – Learning the symbols

There are plenty of You Tube clips with an interactive IPA chart, sound and word examples.

Try Interactive Phonetic Chart British Male Voice With Examples at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Cjec_Rk7A

IPA ChartIPA Chart

Or

The Phonetics Symbols Coursewhich can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWbmOuq4eVs

Listening Listening the sound of a word is worked out in

phonetics but can change when spoken as part of a phrase

do not think about how the word is spelt

listen for the sounds

Prosodic FeaturesProsodic FeaturesFeatures of speech apart from actual

wordsStressPitchIntonation

StressStressemphasis on a particular syllableplacing emphasis during an utterance is

used to convey meaning

Pitch and IntonationPitch and IntonationPitch - the high, medium and low sounds

of our voice as we speak

Intonation – the pattern of the changes in pitch

Intonation PractiseIntonation PractiseRead a sentence aloud, then hum it. Let your classmates comment on your intonation.

1.Yes, let’s go have a cuppa.2. I’m not sure I want to agree to this.3. Keep going, I’m listening.4. I’m not really sure about this.5. I’m telling my cricket teammate to run.

ActivityActivityDo exercises 4.1.1 to 4.1.6

ReviewReviewGo to Infuse Learning, Log in as studentRoom no. 93646Complete the short quiz

OR

Complete the written quiz

BibliographyBibliographyhttp://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-

pronunciation-lessons.php